Army to redeploy troops fighting Boko Haram to Niger Delta

There are strong indications that the federal government might deploy war-tested soldiers from the north-east to the Niger Delta area to combat militants blowing up oil installations.


The soldiers who've been battling the Boko Haram insurgency will be part of the new Operation Delta Safe, which was launched to replace Operation Pulo Shield in the Niger Delta area.

Details of when the soldiers will be deployed aren't available though.

There have been several attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta of recent, cutting the nations revenue severely due to reduced oil output production.